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[Claus3428]

Yes - that's another way of saying out of focus. - I.

Well, it depends how close you are to the photograph ... and out of focus has always been used creatively. Love B&W images.

 

[Digimonkey]

..that's certainly a look you're getting...I sense not all good either

I've had worse looks - to paraphrase Jane Eyre - dear reader - I married her. Leica and film. Malaga - I.

 

[Digimonkey]

Rangefinder porn -



Harsh - brutal light - Malaga. The Spanish sun - death in the afternoon - Hemingway was an arsehole - but you take the premise -



Softer light - Malaga - rainy day - must have been - I'm wearing a RAB jacket - I look like I am pregnant - must have stuff in my pockets - ordinarily - I present - as very tall and thin. Look carefully at this picture - the silhouette - of the guy in the reflection - in profile - in the middle - a gift from the Leica god. Didn't see it at the time - these things sort of happen when you use rangefinders - film or digital - better than the sum of its parts. You go work out the levels of reflection. One - upon two - upon three - - I.

 

[Blademonkey]

Taz 31st Auugust 2020

 

[Digimonkey]

Not taken by me - my mate that stayed last week with me - Leica M9 digital - Summilux - there are few sharper lenses in the world - I can take solace from the fact - he was one of my students. He did well. He now teaches fine art photography at a university in England. I.

@Missoni

 

[Digimonkey]

Very - very small batch soap making - for my beloved - on her birthday - today - just finished the presentation - is this any time in the morning to be using a craft knife - a scalpel by any other name? Two of each - from top left - clockwise -

Irish Coffee - quite proud of this scent - just like Baileys - what I wanted - you have to avoid too much chocolate and vanilla - the key is vanillin - sugary sweet notes - both jobs at once - it does stain your soap base though - granted - not important to me
Turkish Delight - I'm back in Istanbul - locum - we all know what it smells like - but trying to deconstruct it - that took a lot of working out - lots of rose - talking of which
Rose - a nice complex rose - three or four notes - with an underpinning of white musk
Mediterranean Fig - fig is nice as a scent but needs something more? I'm not going to tell you what.

Mixed goat and donkey milk base - excellent foaming and skin care. Quite happy with this batch.

Yours - I.

@BrianH @Boycie83 @RussellR5555

 

[Digimonkey]

Cheers - I.

 

[Manstein]

Brielle Netherlands...

 

[RussellR5555]

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Very - very small batch soap making - for my beloved - on her birthday - today - just finished the presentation - is this any time in the morning to be using a craft knife - a scalpel by any other name? Two of each - from top left - clockwise -

Irish Coffee - quite proud of this scent - just like Baileys - what I wanted - you have to avoid too much chocolate and vanilla - the key is vanillin - sugary sweet notes - both jobs at once - it does stain your soap base though - granted - not important to me
Turkish Delight - I'm back in Istanbul - locum - we all know what it smells like - but trying to deconstruct it - that took a lot of working out - lots of rose - talking of which
Rose - a nice complex rose - three or four notes - with an underpinning of white musk
Mediterranean Fig - fig is nice as a scent but needs something more? I'm not going to tell you what.

Mixed goat and donkey milk base - excellent foaming and skin care. Quite happy with this batch.

Yours - I.

@BrianH @Boycie83 @RussellR5555

Looks Amazing Iain. The Argan Bunny is still going strong

 

[Digimonkey]

Looks Amazing Iain. The Argan Bunny is still going strong

So - you are quite happy with the bunnies soap? - I prefer Persian Argan rabbits - the small ones - you can't hear them scream - mainly because they cry out in Dari - which I can't speak - but you won't use a goat/donkey milk base? Nothing was hurt in the process - I thought to cut you in on the last batch - given - you appear to like my bar soap - but veganism, is how you find it - we all make our own rules - ha ha - bottom line - I can't afford to re-stock with the necessary for making more African Black soap base at the minute. . I

 

[Digimonkey]

Apples - given to me by a neighbour today - from her allotment - presumably - an orchard of sorts? They are in seasonal glut - heritage apples - apparently - I'll need to make apple sauce or chutney - there are plenty more. Thought it made a picture - as Joni Mitchell said -

'Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away the DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
'Til it's gone
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot'

I.

 

[RussellR5555]

So - you are quite happy with the bunnies soap? - I prefer Persian Argan rabbits - the small ones - you can't hear them scream - mainly because they cry out in Dari - which I can't speak - but you won't use a goat/donkey milk base? Nothing was hurt in the process - I thought to cut you in on the last batch - given - you appear to like my bar soap - but veganism, is how you find it - we all make our own rules - ha ha - bottom line - I can't afford to re-stock with the necessary for making more African Black soap base at the minute. . I

My Ancestors where nearly wiped out in the great Argan Bunny Wars, so it is personal . A generous offer for sure Iain but I try not to use Milks except plant based ones. I love your Bar Soap and it is something I have cherished using.